Karrendorfer Wiesen

Year Implemented

1993

Project Type

Managed realignment

Country

Germany

Location

Greifswald Bodden (Mecklenburg Vorpommern)

Longitude

13.3893

Latitude

54.1649

Habitat(s) Created

Size

350 Hectares

Why Undertaken

Habitat Creation
Climate Change (Greenhouse Gas) Mitigation
Reduce Flood Protection Costs

Project Description Summary

This involved a sea defence removal over 6,400m. As part of this scheme artificial creeks dug, historic creeks were excavated.

Documents/References uploaded

References

Bernhardt, K.-G., Koch,M., 2003. Restoration of a salt marsh system: temporal change of plant species diversity and composition. Basic and Applied Ecology 4, 441451.
Holz, R., Herrmann, C., Müller-Motzfeld, G., 1996. Vom Polder zum Ausdeichungsgebiet: Das Projekt Karrendorfer Wiesen und die Zukunft der Küstenüberflutungsgebiete in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Natur und Naturschutz in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 32, 3-27.
Seiberling, S., 2003. Auswirkungen veränderte Überflutungsdynamik auf Polder-und Salzgraslandvegetation der Vorpommerschen Boddenlandschaft. Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Greifswald, 146p.
Wolters, M., Garbutt, A., Bakker, J.P., 2005. Salt-marsh restoration: evaluating the success of de-embankments in north-west Europe. Biological Conservation 123(22), 249-268.

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